oxygen in homes is creating panic and causing a shortage of these medicines, said Dr Randeep Guleria, the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, on Sunday."Covid-19 is a mild infection and 85-90% of people will only suffer from cold, fever, sore throat and body ache.
Only symptomatic treatment at home is enough to ride through these infections and there is no need for oxygen or Remdesivir," said Guleria.He further said that only 10-15% of patients with severe infections may need oxygen, Remdesivir or plasma while less than 5% of patients need ventilators or intensive care.Speaking about the usage of Remdesivir in curing Covid-19, the AIIMS chief stated that the drug does not reduce hospital stay or save lives."In moderate to.